Quantitative biomechanical workplace exposure measures: Distribution centers

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 813-822

  Marras, William S ^a   Lavender, Steven A ^a   Ferguson, Sue A ^a   Splittstoesser, Riley E ^a   Yang, Gang ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ergonomics; Low back disorders; Low back pain; Occupational biomechanics; Physical exposures; Workplace assessments

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; EMPLOYEE; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORKER; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; LIFTING; MANOMETRY; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 77955177217     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2010.03.006     Document Type: Article

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